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MTG secures exclusive international football rights for Finland
Modern Times Group (MTG) has secured the exclusive Finnish rights to the UEFA European Qualifiers…
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Ampere: Over 55s failing to see attractions of SVOD
Over 55s are not tuning in to subscription video-on-demand, even though they have embraced catch-up…
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CBS extends CEO Les Moonves contract until 2021
US media giant CBS Corp has extended chief executive Leslie Moonves’ contract for an additional…
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Sundance TV to debut in South Africa via DStv
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) – UK is due to launch SundanceTV in South Africa for…
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Viacom’s Bakish reveals skinny bundle plans
Viacom is in advanced talks with one US service provider to be part of the…
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RTL and M6 boards agree new price for French radio assets
RTL Group’s board and the board of RTL-backed French broadcaster M6 have agreed a price…
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BBC Worldwide places BBC Store under review
The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is mulling whether to close down its transactional VOD…
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France Télévisions news chief resigns as crisis envelops broadcaster
France Télévisions director of news Michel Field has resigned amid a crisis enveloping the French…
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BBC reports 23% increase in April iPlayer traffic
The BBC reported a 23% year-on-year increase in programme requests to its on-demand iPlayer service…
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Vodafone Spain strikes 4K movies deals with Sony and Paramount
Vodafone España has struck deals with Sony Pictures Television and Paramount Pictures to offer 4K…
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ESL strikes large-scale eSports streaming deal with Facebook
Modern Times Group-owned eSports outfit ESL has teamed up with Facebook to stream over 5,500…
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ESL planning ‘much more’ linear TV around eSports
Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned eSports outfit ESL plans to build on early experiments to reach out…
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Maxdome appoints new boss
ProSiebenSat.1 Digital’s co-managing director Ralf Bartoleit is taking the top job at video-on-demand service Maxdome…
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Liberty Global, Virgin ranked among top UK employers
Liberty Global, Virgin and the BBC ranked among the UK’s top 10 employers, according to…
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History staffs up for Dutch launch
A+E Networks UK has hired new programming and marketing staff ahead of the launch of…
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Set-tops ‘not important’ for SVOD, says Viaplay chief
Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned OTT subscription video-on-demand service Viaplay does not need to be available…
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Sky renews European NBCU deal
European pay TV operator Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with…
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Ukraine’s Divan.TV adds CNN, Cartoon Network
Ukrainian OTT TV service Divan.TV has added CNN and Cartoon Network to its channel line-up….
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Discovery invests in second screen sports app WinView
Discovery has contributed to a US$12 million funding round raised by second-screen live sports prediction…
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Producers welcome new S4C chief
Welsh indie production body the TAC has welcomed the appointment of senior civil servant Owen…
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TF1 firm debuts €50m UK fund
France’s Newen Group is created a €50 million drama investment fund. TF1 Group-owned Newen will…
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MTG extends English football offering with new deal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has secured the exclusive Nordic media rights to the FA Cup,…
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Mobile2Morrow adds RTL channels to offering
OTT TV service provider Mobile2Morrow has added a package of German TV channels from RTL…
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BBC to roll out iPlayer password controls
The BBC will soon make iPlayer users create passwords and log-in in order to access…
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Ex-Fox Networks chief to lead Sony
Former Fox Networks Group chief Tony Vinciquerra has been named CEO and chairman of Sony…
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Nickelodeon UK poaches Scripps programming exec
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has hired a Scripps Networks international VP of programming. As of…
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Freeview Play content discovery revamp due this year
A new Freeview Play content discovery and recommendation system is currently in development and is due…
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Fox CEO Murdoch: Sky deal ‘on track’
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has claimed his company’s £11.7 billion takeover of European…
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American Idol absence casts unflattering light on solid RTL results
The presence of American Idol on Fox in the US in the first quarter last…
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Digital boost for ProSiebenSat.1
Digital activities – notably online video and digital ventures and commerce including online dating and…